Universal peace will be realized, not because man will become better, but because a new order of things, a new science, new economic necessities, will impose peace.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan, but also believe!

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

God takes great joy in the passionate romantic love between a husband and wife.

That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.

Mend it, fix it, make do, or do without.

Tasteful rather than expensive.

You can't control everything that comes to you.

Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity.

High-level actors can be all about their close-ups and the size of their trailers. I'd heard these horror stories of how a really powerful actor can come in and change your script.

I think there might be some pressure released while I'm doing autobiographical work, but afterwards everything remains the same.

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.

Is it better to be extremely ambitious, or rather modest? Probably the latter is safer; but I hate safety, and would rather fail gloriously than dingily succeed.